A400M ontwikkelingen

[Parera]

Sad: No One Wants to Buy Germany's 13 Excess A400M Airlifters

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/sad-no-one-wants-buy-germanys-13-excess-a400m-airlifters-75276

Zijn ze nog niet aangeboden aan de KLU?  We zoeken wel een vervanger voor de C-130's voor 2031 - 2033 

[bergd]

Sad: No One Wants to Buy Germany's 13 Excess A400M Airlifters

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/sad-no-one-wants-buy-germanys-13-excess-a400m-airlifters-75276

[Sparkplug]

Airbus A400M voert succesvolle parachutistentest uit

https://www.upinthesky.nl/2019/07/22/airbus-a400m-voert-succesvolle-parachutistentest-uit/

[Sparkplug]

RIAT: Airbus defence unit flies clear of A400M turbulence

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/riat-airbus-defence-unit-flies-clear-of-a400m-turbu-459574/

[Sparkplug]

German A400M Atlas Deployed For The First Time As Tanker to Support Air War on Daesh

https://theaviationist.com/2019/07/09/german-a400m-atlas-deployed-for-the-first-time-as-tanker-to-support-of-air-war-on-daesh/

[Sparkplug]

PARIS: J-Music deal to boost German A400M defences

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-j-music-deal-to-boost-german-a400m-defences-459184/

[Sparkplug]

Revised contract signature restores A400M prospects

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/revised-contract-signature-restores-a400m-prospects-458913/

[Sparkplug]

Airbus to conclude A400M contract revisions in months

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-to-conclude-a400m-contract-revisions-in-month-455764/

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A400M Successfully completes first beach landing trials with military crew

https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/a400m-successfully-completes-first-beach-landing-trials-with-military-crew/

UK continues tactical development of A400M with further beach trials

https://www.janes.com/article/85157/uk-continues-tactical-development-of-a400m-with-further-beach-trials

[Harald]

Korea, Spain Discuss Swap Deal Between Trainer, Cargo Jets 
( verkoop Spaanse A400 aan Korea versus aankoop van T-50 jets. Spanje heeft order lopen van totaal 27 stuks A400, maar neemt maar 14 stuks af, 13 stuks voor verkoop )

Korea and Spain are in talks to hold a joint committee meeting for a possible swap deal involving trainer jets and cargo planes this month, local media reported, Sunday.

According to government sources, Sunday, officials are on track to hold a planned joint military defense committee meeting between the defense forces of Korea and Spain in Madrid in the middle of this month.

The sources said the agenda is not finalized but there is a possibility it will be decided sooner and its schedule finalized by this week.

Military and defense industry officials say the subject will likely be a swap deal for Korea's trainer and cargo aircraft.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), the nation's largest private defense company, is competing with a Swiss company to win a deal to supply trainer jets to Spain's air forces. The Korean Air Force, meanwhile, is known to be considering Spain's Airbus A400M or the U.S.'s Boeing C-17 as its future cargo plane.

Spain hopes to sell four to six Airbus A400M planes to Korea while buying about 30 KT-1 basic trainer jets and 20 T-50 advanced trainer planes from Korea in exchange.

The deal, worth 2 trillion won ($1.78 billion), includes trainer planes, additional military munitions and ground equipment.

If it materializes, it will be the first time that Korea has exported local jets to a European country, as well as a breakthrough for KAI, which failed recently to win a big deal with the U.S. Air Force.

A consortium of Lockheed Martin and KAI lost a bid for a jet contract from the U.S. Air Force due to a failure to compete with the low-price strategy from its rival Boeing.

The U.S. aerial warfare unit said it awarded the $9.2 billion (10.2 trillion won) Advanced Pilot Training (APT) contract to a consortium led by Boeing and Saab. The Lockheed-KAI consortium submitted its final proposal with the T-50A trainer jet worth $19.7 billion.

The sources said Spain is willing to offer a 15 percent discount on the price of the A400M, which costs about 300 billion won for one plane.

In January, Spain's defense minister visited Korea and had discussions with then Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo, agreeing on bilateral cooperation by holding regular committee meetings. Song urged the Spanish government to buy KAI's KT-1 trainer jets.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/197314/korea%2C-spain-discuss-swapping-jet-trainers-for-a400ms%3A-report.html

South Korea and Spain seek deal to swap trainer jets for airlifters
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2018/11/05/south-korea-and-spain-seek-deal-to-swap-trainer-jets-for-airlifters/

[andré herc]

 KC-390 foto van de de laad klep en het laadruim daar mocht ik niet in alleen VIP personen foto A.Pouw

[andré herc]

Fairford  Japanse C-2  het vrachtruim van binnen foto A.pouw

[andré herc]

KC-390 fairford 2018 foto's A.Pouw

[andré herc]

Defensie Fairford 2018 ik heb daar de Japanse Kawasaki C-2 ook wel een mooi vrachtvliegtuig een soort mini C-17  mogen bekijken en vind dat een goed vracht vliegtuig voor onze Luchtmacht beter als de KC-390 er zijn ook al aardig wat problemen met de Braziliaan en is niet veel groter dan de Hercules en zeker niet als de verlengde C-130-30  deze nieuwe vrachtkist kan hoog uit een paar ton meer vervoeren foto's A.Pouw.

[Ace1]

Nog een reden voor de KC-390 te kiezen is dat de windtunnel testen van de KC-390 bij NLR (Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum) gedaan zijn.

https://www.nlr.nl/nieuws/embraer-kc-390-onderworpen-aan-ultieme-windtunneltest/